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Yellowfin Sushi, located at 303 Cedar in Champaign, is closing, per this flyer posted on their door. Ugh. Jim recently reviewed the restaurant, so check that out if you are unfamiliar. h/t to Sarah Boyer.

From the City of Champaign’s website: Under my authority as City Manager, this afternoon I signed a separation agreement with former police officer Matt Rush and the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police that immediately and …

Good news for Champaign County: the Champaign County Historical Museum will reopen officially “this Spring” per this post on their Facebook page. CCHM has faced some down times — check out Rebecah’s piece about it, …

Earlier this year, Veriflow Systems — mostly based here in Champaign-Urbana from the beginning — announced their Series A round of $8.2M.  Today, they have announced they’re setting up shop in Downtown Champaign’s One Main …

Summer Camp Music Festival might not take place here in Champaign-Urbana, but a branch of Jay Goldberg Events and Entertainment exists here, operating the Canopy Club in Urbana. Earlier this week, a story came out …

Illini Basketball great Dee Brown has announced his resignation from his position with Illini Athletics — though no particular reason outside of “personal issues”. Check out Brown’s announcement: Friends/Followers- I know you haven’t heard from …

From the press release from Keep Central Central: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2016 Keep Central Central (KCC) has voted to endorse and actively support the Unit 4 School District’s proposed $183,400,000 bond referendum. On …

In an email to owners this morning, Common Ground Food Co-op has announced that they will not be opening a second location, in Downtown Champaign. If you recall, last March they announced their plan for …

Sad news about Kickapoo Landing, as it has been announced they will be closing in September 2016: Huge bummer, we will see what happens in the coming months, but there’s the news. Full text here, …